Baylor and Ole Miss have reached a verbal agreement to open the 2020 football season in Houston in the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff, according to Brett McMurphy of ESPN.
The game would be played Sept. 5, 2020, at Houston’s NRG Stadium.
A neutral site season opener will be the third in a seven-year span for the Rebels, who beat Boise State in Atlanta in 2014 and open this season on Sept. 5 vs. Florida State in Orlando.
The addition of Ole Miss strengthens the Bears’ nonconference schedule. Criticized for not playing any nonconference Power 5 schools in recent years, Baylor now has Ole Miss in 2020 plus home-and-home series with Power 5 opponents Duke in 2017-18 and Utah in 2023-24.